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A boar, a hairy,&nbsp;wild pig with tusks. Generally depicted as the face of&nbsp;a brown boar, either facing left or looking straight ahead, with prominent tusks projecting from its lower jaw.

Twitter&#39;s design feature a friendly, cartoon-styled face, as did an early&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/1.0/boar/">Facebook</a>&nbsp;design. WhatsApp&rsquo;s design displays the animal in full, as <a href="/google/android-7.0/boar/">Google</a>, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/boar/">Microsoft</a>, and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/boar/">Samsung</a> previously did.

Not to be confused with <a href="/pig/">🐖 Pig</a> or <a href="/pig-face/">🐷 Pig Face</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Boar

An ox, a bovine used as a draft animal. Depicted in brown in full profile on all fours facing left, with a tail and short horns.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>. Often used to represent<a href="/taurus/"> ♉ Taurus</a> (the Bull) in the Western zodiac. 2021 is Year of the Ox.

Often used to represent a bull and occasionally paired with <a href="/pile-of-poo/">💩 Pile of Poo</a> to stand in for slang terms.&nbsp;Not to be confused with <a href="/water-buffalo/">🐃 Water Buffalo</a>.

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_buffalo">water buffalo</a>, a bovine used to plough rice fields in parts of Asia. Depicted in gray or black in full profile on all fours facing left, with a tail and broad horns curled up at the tips.

Often used to represent a bull. Not to be confused with <a href="/ox/">🐂 Ox</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/water-buffalo/">previously</a> brown.

Water Buffalo

A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a pig looking straight ahead. Depicted as a pink face with a neutral expression, pointed or floppy ears, and distinctive&nbsp;<a href="/pig-nose/">pig nose</a>.

Often used with a more affectionate tone than the full-bodied <a href="/pig/">🐖 Pig</a>. Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Apple&rsquo;s face bears a slight grin and <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/pig-face/">previously</a> featured floppy ears.

Pig Face

A pig, a plump animal farmed for its meat, such as <a href="/bacon/">bacon</a>. Depicted in light pink in full profile on all fours facing left, with a long snout and short, curly tail.

May be used to represent the animal, its food products, or various metaphorical senses of pig.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>; 2019 is the Year of the Pig. See also<a href="/pig-face/"> 🐷 Pig Face</a>, <a href="/pig-nose/">🐽 Pig Nose</a>, and <a href="/boar/">🐗 Boar</a>.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s design <a href="/whatsapp/2.17/pig/">previously</a> featured a wide grin.

A ram, a male sheep with large, spiraling horns. Generally depicted in full profile on all fours facing left with a thick, white fleece and light-brown horns.

Occasionally used to represent antelopes and related animals. Not to be confused with <a href="/ewe/">🐑 Ewe</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Often considered (in lieu of <a href="/goat/">🐐 Goat</a>) one of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>. Also often used to represent&nbsp;<a href="/aries/">♈ Aries</a>&nbsp;(the Ram) in the Western zodiac.

WhatsApp and Facebook&rsquo;s designs resemble a bighorn sheep, as <a href="/apple/ios-10.2/ram/">Apple&rsquo;s</a> once did. Google&#39;s design <a href="/google/android-8.0/ram/">previously</a> had its eyes closed.

A ewe, or female sheep raised for its wool, meat, and milk and without the spiraling horns of a ram. Depicted in full profile on all fours facing left with a thick, white fleece and black, gray, or white skin.

Not to be confused with <a href="/ram/">🐏 Ram</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Often considered (in lieu of <a href="/goat/">🐐 Goat</a>) one of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>.

<a href="/apple/ios-10.2/ewe/">Apple</a> and <a href="/google/android-7.0/ewe/">Google&rsquo;s</a> designs previously depicted a ram. <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/ewe/">Samsung</a> and <a href="/facebook/2.0/ewe/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> designs previously featured only a ewe face.

Sheep

A goat, a sturdy,&nbsp;hoofed animal raised for its meat and milk. Depicted as a light brown, white, or multicored goat in full profile on all fours facing left, a scraggly beard,&nbsp;upright tail,&nbsp;and brown or yellow horns curving back.

Frequently used as a visual shorthand for the slang expression <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/g-o-a-t/">GOAT</a>, or the Great of All Time, often said of athletes and in particular&nbsp;the late&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>.

Often considered one of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>. Also often used to represent <a href="/capricorn/">♑ Capricorn</a> in the Western zodiac.

<a href="/apple/ios-6.0/goat/">Apple</a>, <a href="/google/android-7.0/goat/">Google</a>, and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/goat/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> goats were previously white, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saanen_goat">Saanen goat</a>. Facebook&rsquo;s design previously featured only a goat face.

Goat

An elephant, the largest land animal on Earth,&nbsp;with a long trunk and, often, tusks. Generally depicted in gray in full profile on all fours facing left, with tusks and prominent ears, as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_elephant">African</a> (vs. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_elephant">Asian</a>) elephant.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/elephant/">Google</a> and <a href="/facebook/2.0/elephant/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> elephants were previously blue in color. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/elephant/">previously</a> featured a cartoon-styled elephant with a red blanket&nbsp;on its back and blowing a <a href="/red-heart/">red heart</a> from its trunk.

Elephant

A cow, a bovine farmed for its meat or milk. Depicted in full profile on all fours facing left with a black-and-white patched coat (as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein_Friesian_cattle">Holstein Friesian</a>) and, on many platforms, a pink udder and horns.

May be used to represent the animal, its food products, or black-and-white coloring. See also <a href="/cow-face/">🐮 Cow Face</a>.

Microsoft&#39;s&nbsp;cow was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/cow/">previously</a> brown, as was <a href="/facebook/2.0/cow/">Facebook&#39;s</a>, which had&nbsp;a bell around its neck.

A horse, a hoofed mammal used for riding and racing. Depicted as a brown horse in full profile galloping to the left, with a dark, flowing mane and tail.

May be used to represent various types of horses and their metaphorical senses (e.g., mustang, stallion).

May also be used as a compliment to an attractive person.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>.a

Not to be confused with <a href="/horse-face/">🐴 Horse Face</a>, <a href="/carousel-horse/">🎠 Carousel Horse</a>, and <a href="/horse-racing/">🏇 Horse Racing</a>, which features a jockey on its back.

Apple&rsquo;s horse is wearing a green saddle blanket, Facebook&rsquo;s a blue blanket with saddle. SoftBank&rsquo;s design <a href="/softbank/2006/horse/">previously</a> featured a racing horse with a jockey.

Horse

The snout of a pig. Depicted as a pink oval or slightly pear-shaped nose with two black nostrils.

See also <a href="/pig/">🐖 Pig</a> and <a href="/pig-nose/">🐷 Pig Face</a>.

Previously displayed as a cute&nbsp;pig character on <a href="/pig/">Google Gmail</a>.

Pig Nose

A deer, a fleet-footed, hoofed mammal whose males (bucks, stags) generally have antlers. Variously depicted as a light-brown deer in full profile on all fours facing left or as a&nbsp;deer face looking straight head;&nbsp;both depictions feature large, branched antlers.

May be used to represent elk, moose, antelope, or reindeer, especially in connection with <a href="/christmas/">Christmas</a>.&nbsp;Most platforms display a deer in full profile.&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;shows a deer face.

Google&rsquo;s deer <a href="/google/android-8.0/deer/">previously</a> had a red nose, as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer">Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer</a>. Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s deers are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer">white-tailed</a>.

Deer

A brown bison&nbsp;shown in full profile with horns, a beard, and woolly mane. Also called a buffalo in North America.

Bison

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Emojipedia

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

NTT Docomo (previously styled as DoCoMo) is a Japanese mobile phone carrier known for launching the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>&nbsp;mobile internet service in early 1999.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>&nbsp;contained one of the earliest emoji sets, designed by&nbsp;interface designer&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita">Shigetaka Kurita</a>. While Kurita&#39;s 1999 emoji set is commonly cited as the first emoji set, it is more accurate to deem this <a href="/softbank/1997/">one of the first emoji sets</a>&nbsp;as earlier examples have been located, albeit on less-popular platforms than Docomo&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>.

Notably in 1995, Docomo produced a popular <a href="/pocket-bell">Pocket Bell</a> pager that allowed users to send each other&nbsp;simple pixel <a href="/red-heart">heart</a>&nbsp;(❤) and&nbsp;<a href="/telephone">telephone</a> (☎) symbols.&nbsp;The popularity of this feature amongst Japan&#39;s youth has consistently been cited by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita">Shigetaka Kurita</a>&nbsp;as a direct source of inspiration when creating <a href="/docomo/1999">Docomo&#39;s 1999</a> emoji set.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji design within every pre-2010 emoji set has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite these sets existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

Early emoji sets from Japanese carrier Docomo, including the often-cited 1999 emoji set designed by Shigetaka Kurita.

NTT Docomo

The final original emoji set from NTT Docomo. Initially installed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/service/docomo_mail/appli/deco/pictograph/index.html">on carrier handsets running&nbsp;Android 4.3 and 4.4</a>&nbsp;and later discontinued&nbsp;and replaced with <a href="/google/">standard Google emoji designs</a> on&nbsp;phones from NTT Docomo in Japan.

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Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

🐗 Boar on Docomo 2000

🐗 Boar on Docomo 2000

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